MP Simon Danczuk made an expenses claim of £500 for ‘crisis management’ after he was suspended from the Labour Party due to claims he ‘sexted’ a 17-year-old.

An invoice for the services of an unknown consultant states the fee is for ‘Parliamentary media relations work over (the) Christmas period. Two days work. Crisis management and handling a high volume of media enquiries’.

The bill is dated January 3, 2016 - three days after Mr Danczuk was suspended by the party following allegations printed in The Sun that he exchanged sexually explicit text messages with teenager Sophena Houlihan when she contacted him looking for a job.

Mr Danczuk is still suspended by the party but has previously said he is confident he won’t be expelled because he ‘hasn’t done anything wrong’.